No improvement of adult height in non-growth hormone (GH) deficient short children with GH treatment

Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Tanaka, Toshiaki ^a,b   Fujieda, Kenji ^a   Yokoya, Susumu ^a   Shimatsu, Akira ^a   Tachibana, Katsuhiko ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanizawa, Takakuni ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^a   Nagai, Toshiro ^a   Nishi, Yoshikazu ^a   Hasegawa, Yukihiro ^a   Hanew, Kunihiko ^a   Fujita, Keinosuke ^a   Horikawa, Reiko ^a   Takada, Goro ^c   Miyashita, Masao ^d   Ohno, Tadashi ^e   Komatsu, Kazuo ^f  

^a Foundation for Growth Science   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AKITA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Ohno Clinic   (Japan)

^f Akita Kumiai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

GH dosage; GH treatment; Non GHD short children

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SHORT STATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33644520006     PISSN: 09185739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1297/cpe.15.15     Document Type: Article

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